Roofing-tile



(No Model.) S 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

- G. H. BABOOGK.

ROOFING TILE.-

No'. 430,365. Patented June 1'7, 1890.

WITNESSES: IN TOR ATTORNEY (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. G. H. BABOOGK.

ROOFING TILE.

Paten ted June 1.7, 1890.

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m: mums wax-ans UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. BABCOCK, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

ROOFING-TILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,365, dated June 17, 1890.

Application filed November 8, 1889. Serial No. 329,680- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. BABCOCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plain field, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Rooting-Tiles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view, Fig. 2 a face view, and Fig. 3 an end view, of a tile having a fiat portion, a raised edge upon one side, and a recurved portion formed mainly of a halffrustum of a cone upon the other side and embodying the several features of my invention. Fig. 4 is a plan view of several tiles, each having a flat surface throughout, arranged as they would be upon the eave of a roof; Fig. 5, an enlarged sectional view, a: m, Fig. 6, of the form of tile in Fig. 4 and Fig. 6 a plan view thereof.

My invention relates to clay or other tiles of various forms; and it consists in providing aproject-ion or projections on the under surface of the terminal tiles bearing on the roof, whereby an inclination is imparted corresponding to the inclination of the overlying series of tiles above.

In the drawings, A represents the fiat portion of the terminal tile; B, the downward or finishing flange, and O the projection or pro jections which bear on or near the edge of the roof or substructure D. V

The projection O in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 lies parallel with the edge of the roof at a suitable distance from the flange B.

In Figs. 4, 5, and 6 the projections C are employed in plurality, lying at right angles to the edge of the roof,being beveled, as seen in Fig. 5, at a suitable inclination.

upon adjacent tiles J of the roof.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3, E represents the raised edge, and F the recurved portion corresponding with a half-frustum of a cone, and with which the said raised edges E of adjacent tiles interlock. G represents the ornamental projection terminating the recurved portion F, which projection Goverhangs the cave of the roof. This ornament may be employed on each consecutive terminal tile or be int erspersed at suitable intervals in laying the row, the intervening scrolls F being terminated with any suitable plain finish, if desired. The projection G is not to be confined to the specific design illustrated, but consists, essentially, of any hemispherical or ovoidshaped terminus or other form giving an ornamental finish.

In Figs. 4, 5, and 6, H represents the upturned flanges of the flat terminal tiles, which interlock with suitable downturned flanges I The projections C in the applications illustrated are made of variable depths, according to the inclinations of the tiles imparted by various modes of interlocking.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

. In combination with interlocking tiles, a

terminal tile having a downward flange at its lower edge, and a projection upon its base adapted to support its lower edge in the same relation to the surface upon which they are laid as the corresponding edges of the other tiles of the series.

GEO. H. BABCOCK.

YVitnesses:

CHAS. W. FORBES, AUG. CREVELING. 

